The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

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by Steven Pressfield


  Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), 294

  Palmach, 40, 54, 64, 119, 127, 134, 204

  Palmachim, 145

  Palsar Seven company, 18–21

  pan-Arabism, 5

  Pancho’s, 112

  Paratroop Battalion 28, 49, 64, 267, 268, 275, 276, 279, 282, 286, 288–91, 298, 301, 317

  Paratroop Battalion 66, 267, 277, 290, 291, 298, 307, 311

  Paratroop Battalion 71, 4, 6–7, 8, 23, 35, 68, 91, 248, 273, 279–91, 298–305, 306–11, 307, 316–28, 320, 322

  “A” Company, 255–61, 269, 270, 271, 284, 286, 289, 300–301, 303, 308, 309, 316–27, 319, 386, 388

  “B” Company, 269, 270, 271, 275, 276, 285, 286, 299–300, 307, 308

  “C” Company, 284, 285, 286

  Paratroop Battalion 890, 49, 68, 69–71, 73, 92–94

  Paratroop Brigade 35, 1, 3, 120, 203, 207, 212, 240

  Paratroop Brigade 55, 210, 245, 247, 262, 266–72, 304, 309, 324

  Paratroop Brigade 80, 203–4, 225

  Paratroop Brigade 202, 49, 86

  paratroopers, 7, 21, 61, 62, 82, 151, 247, 347, 364, 376, 379

  bus transport for, 255–58, 261, 267, 275–76

  combat jumps as goal for, 91, 248–50, 255–56, 262

  in Six Day War, 203–6, 224–29, 255–61, 266–72, 273–78, 279–91, 294–95, 296, 298–305, 349, 350, 354–56, 363, 392

  training and rehearsals for, 8, 249

  weapons element of, 276

  see also specific individuals and units

  Parker Memorial, 93

  Parnes, Ze’ev, 322

  Pasha, Azzam, 5

  Passover seder, 245

  Patton tanks, 22, 127, 153, 175, 178, 179, 186, 187, 199, 209, 220, 256, 263, 301, 315, 339–40, 341, 342

  Peled, Moshe, 274, 284

  Perry, Moshe, 236, 372, 404

  “phantom divisions,” 209

  Phantoms, 16

  photojournalism, 179

  pikud (command), 152

  “Pit, the,” 143, 151, 346, 347

  Plugat Siyur (reconnaissance company), 19

  poetry, Israeli, 99

  Point 68, 340, 341, 341, 343

  Point 181, 225–26

  poison gas, 115

  Polak, Michael, 403

  Poriya, 348, 355, 356

  prayer, 95, 233, 247, 336, 387

  at Western Wall, 327

  prayer cards, 231

  Pressburger, Shmulik, 233

  Prigat, Layzik, 163, 164, 165, 167

  Promised Land, 206

  propaganda, Arab, 4–5, 8, 9, 32–33, 332–33, 366

  Psalm 137, 388

  Rabin, Yitzhak, 19, 30, 49, 56, 87, 127, 143, 151, 268, 292, 310, 336, 362, 363, 376, 378, 395

  assassination of, 197

  as idealist, 58–59

  and Moked, 134–36, 143, 151

  Rachel of Kibbutz Kinneret, 99

  radio:

  Arab propaganda on, 4–5, 8, 9, 32–33, 208, 248–49

  Eshkol’s address on, 12, 13, 17, 26, 29–30, 33, 34–35

  Gorodish’s speech on, 369

  IDF, 364

  Israeli, 4

  Nasser’s speech on, 62

  Radio Amman, 263

  Radio Cairo, 62, 208, 248

  radio communication, 182

  Radio Damascus, 33

  Radio Israel, 248–49

  radio silence, in Moked, 108, 112, 142–44, 146, 150

  Rafiah Junction, 2, 19, 21–22, 118, 176–77, 185, 188–91, 191, 192–93, 200, 207–9, 212–14, 231, 232

  Rafi party, 126

  Ramat David Air Base, 16, 133, 136, 139, 144, 153, 262, 352, 353

  Ramat Gan, 389

  Ramat Yohanan, 54–55, 129, 208

  Ramla, 50, 81

  “ratlines,” 40

  Reali School, 14

  reconnaissance:

  mission of, 182, 201–2

  role of, 18–22, 61, 93–94, 149, 223, 268, 284, 300–301, 335

  training for, 21

  vulnerability of, 182–83, 193–202, 214–15, 219

  see also 7th Armored Brigade, Reconnaissance Company of

  Red Rock Hotel, 347

  Rehavia, 266

  Rehovot, 68, 140

  Reineets, Menachem, 285

  Remez, David, 46

  reprisal, Operation Black Arrow as, 68–74, 94

  reserves, Israeli:

  mobilization of, 6–7, 9, 20, 25, 29, 32, 35, 60, 120, 247

  older soldiers in, 19, 20

  proven expertise of, 268

  in Six Day war, 251, 263, 266, 368

  Revivim, 115

  Riad, Abdel Moneim, 127, 209, 262–63

  rifles, recoilless, 287–88, 306, 308

  Rikovitz, Eli, 18–20, 21, 182, 214, 404

  in aftermath of Six Day War, 368–71, 370

  in Six Day War Recon, 177–78, 181, 185, 188–90, 192–96, 200, 202, 213–19, 236–40, 338–45, 364

  Rockefeller Museum, 267, 276, 286, 287, 291, 298–300, 302, 308, 316

  Roman Palaestina, 141

  Rome, 40, 41

  Romm, Assaf, 156

  Romm, Giora, 13–17, 20, 34, 156

  in Moked, 111–12, 133, 136, 138–39, 150–51, 153–56, 163, 164–67

  in Six Day War, 352, 353

  Romm, Yuval, 156

  Ron, Benny, 277–78, 306, 308, 311, 327

  Ronen, Heruta, 14, 17, 138

  Ronen, Orit, 138

  Ronen, Ran, 13–14, 34, 170, 352, 354

  in Moked, 133–38, 141–48, 150, 157, 159–61, 163, 164, 167–71

  Ronen, Zohar, 138

  Rosenberg, Chen, 372, 403

  Rostow, Eugene, 128

  Rostow, Walt, 128

  Rotberg, Roy, M. Dayan’s eulogy for, 383–85

  Royal Jordanian Air Force, 161, 262, 292

  Rozen, Reuven, 112, 133, 159, 164

  Rubenfeld, Milt, 42

  Rubinger, David, 327–28

  runways, as targets of total war, 104–6

  Rusk, Dean, 128, 334

  Russia, 3, 99, 292

  sabras, 33, 49, 129

  Sadeh, Yitzhak, 49, 50, 54, 56–57, 73

  Safed, 139

  Sagee, Oded, 164, 166, 169

  Said, Ali Ahmad, 32–33

  Saikal, 164

  Salmon, Avramik, 13, 112, 134, 136, 138, 150, 160–61, 168, 352, 353

  Samuel the Prophet Street (Shmuel Hanavi), 272, 273–78, 291

  Sanhedria, 84–85, 278

  Sataf, 65

  Saudi Arabia, 24, 293

  in support of Egypt, 24, 62, 128, 209, 333

  sayeret (reconnaissance outfit), 61

  Sayeret Matkal, IDF, 1, 21, 29, 87–89, 88, 207, 225, 300–301, 394, 395

  sayerim (reconnaissance troopers), 61

  Schleifer, Abdallah (formerly Mark), 324

  Schneller Camp, 258, 266

  Schutzer, Bernice, 179

  Schutzer, Paul, 179

  Schwimmer, Al, 41, 45, 46

  Scopus, Mount (Har HaTsofim), 260, 261, 263, 264, 267, 270, 273, 277, 285, 295, 307, 309, 320, 374

  secrecy, 87, 92, 110, 133, 136, 137, 150

  Segev, Itzhak, 357

  Sela, Elhanan, 29

  Sephardim, 88

  7th Armored Brigade (Hativa Sheva), 115–18, 117, 119–21, 241

  casualties of, 184, 197, 199, 200–201, 208–9, 217–18, 222, 238–40, 242, 368–72, 403–4

  in Six Day War, 175–91, 192–202, 212–13, 213, 219–22, 240–42, 364

  7th Armored Brigade, Battalion 79, 184–86, 190, 21
2–13, 219–20, 220, 222, 341, 342

  7th Armored Brigade, Battalion 82, 186, 189, 190, 192–93, 198, 201–2, 212, 213, 214, 217–18, 236, 237, 342

  7th Armored Brigade, Reconnaissance Company of, 34, 206, 208, 341, 364

  in aftermath of Six Day War, 368–72

  casualties of, 184, 208–9, 217–18, 368–72, 403–4

  decorations for valor of, 18, 404

  under fire, 192–202, 217–18

  as Ghost Company, 368–72

  in Moked, 149

  in readiness for war, 18–22

  in Six Day War ground combat, 175, 176, 177–79, 181–91, 212–19, 222–23, 236–42, 338–45, 364

  77th Indian Infantry Brigade (Chindits force), 79

  Shadmi, Yissachar “Yiska,” 29

  Shalit, Malka, 257

  Shalit, Meir, 257–58, 276, 285, 300, 302, 307–8

  Shapira, Danny, 27, 109–11, 139

  Sharm el-Sheikh, 24, 80, 247, 354

  Sharon, Ariel “Arik,” 10–11, 35, 49, 73, 98, 122, 230, 248, 374, 378, 391

  battle strategy of, 229–31

  as commander of Black Arrow, 68–74, 72, 94

  as commander of “the Unit” (IDF), 64–67, 230, 268

  command philosophy of, 62–63, 227–28

  conflict between M. Dayan and, 61, 93, 96, 205

  esteem for, 66–67, 72–73, 204, 230–31

  as prime minister, 367

  in Sinai Campaign, 86, 92–94, 96

  in Six Day War, 61–63, 76, 148–49, 203–6, 224, 225, 229–32, 235, 251, 264, 296, 331, 335–37, 342, 345, 365, 373, 391

  in War of Independence, 50

  wounding of, 205

  Sharon, Lily, 123, 149

  Sharon Plain, 35

  Sha’yish, 161, 167

  Shazli, Saad, 18

  Shazli Force, 18, 241, 331, 335

  Shechter, Avremale, 318, 325, 326–27, 326

  Shefer, Shmuel, 133–35, 393

  Sheikh Jerrah, 267, 269, 278

  Sheikh Zouaid, 177, 200, 201, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219

  Shelach, Udi, 164, 166, 167, 170, 200

  shelter halves, 8

  Sherut Yediot (Shai; Intelligence Service), 139

  shikun, 269

  Shivta, 60

  shlita, 152

  Shmul, Menahem (father), 140

  murder of, 139–40, 162, 170, 354

  Shmul, Menahem “Hemi” (son), 133, 136, 138, 139–41, 150, 160–67, 162, 169–71, 353

  Shmul, Yaakov, 354

  Shochat, Yigal, 352

  shochet (kosher butcher), 242

  shofar, blown at Western Wall, 327–28, 328, 393

  Shoval, Menachem, 20–22, 178–79, 193, 200–201, 201, 213–14, 216–18, 338–40, 368–72

  Shoval, Moti, 178, 219, 221

  Shoval, Zalman, 53–55, 382

  Simchoni, Asaf, 73

  Sinai Campaign (Operation Kadesh; 1956), 11, 13, 111, 266

  Cheetah Cohen in, 84–90

  Israel’s enforced withdrawal after, 23, 97–100, 103, 295

  Israel’s victory in, 96, 99–100, 378

  M. Dayan in, 27, 80–83, 130

  Mitla Pass in, 91–96

  Sinai Desert:

  Egyptian incursions into, 23–24

  ground war map of, 211

  Israeli advance during Six Day War, 127–28, 149, 151, 163, 175–242, 248, 256, 262, 269, 292, 296, 298, 331–34, 335, 338–45, 348–49, 368, 391

  Jiradi Pass in, 212–23, 314

  in prelude to war, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18–19, 29, 61–62, 115, 122

  Sion, Dov, 35, 61–63, 122–23, 149, 232, 335–37

  marriage of, 373–74

  Sivron, Rafi:

  as Moked planner, 103–9, 111–14, 143–44, 151–53, 246

  in Six Day War, 347, 349–51, 354–58

  Sivron, Tomer, 114

  Six Day War (1967):

  aftermath and legacy of, 315, 361–96

  in the air, 133–71

  Arab compared to Israeli military strength in, 127–28, 151

  camps in, 60–61, 63

  cease-fire in, 209, 249, 310, 333

  delays in onset of, 8, 18, 19, 26, 60–63, 129

  dilemma of attacking sacred sites in, 268–69

  in Egypt, 3, 144–48

  Egyptian losses in, 163, 207

  end of, 358, 368, 391, 392

  first day of, 3

  global consequences of, 263–65

  on the ground, 175–242

  as imminent, 2, 60–63, 77, 116–18, 120, 124, 127–30, 134, 136

  indecision and uncertainty about, 21, 26, 29, 33, 35, 60, 76, 120, 128

  as inevitable, 103, 312–13

  international diplomacy in, 333–34

  Israeli losses in, 207

  Jerusalem in, 245–328

  Jiradi Pass in, 214–23, 220, 222, 231, 237, 238, 239, 242, 314

  Jordan in, 153, 163

  momentum of events in, 242, 262–65, 295

  objective of, 127

  onset of, 130, 133–71, 175, 182, 207, 248, 251, 366

  possible scenarios for, 294, 296–97

  prelude to, 1–36, 75–79, 80–83, 247, 263, 293, 347, 366, 375, 376

  preparation for, 103–30

  readiness for, 61, 62, 123–24, 138, 149

  resolution for, 129

  roots of, 91, 96, 100

  seventh day of, 357–58

  in Sinai, 3, 127, 128, 151, 175–242

  total war strategy of, see Moked, Operation

  60th Armored Brigade, 120, 342

  Snir, Asher, 133, 163, 164, 167, 168

  Sof haolam smolah, 257

  Solomon, Great Temple of, 252

  Soroka Hospital, 240

  Soviet Union, 41, 110, 125, 126, 264, 294, 295, 356

  alliance of Egypt, Syria, and, 5–6, 30, 153, 265, 364

  Egyptian support from, 6, 17, 25, 80, 92, 99, 103, 128, 130, 229, 232, 249

  linear military doctrine of, 228–29

  in Sinai Campaign, 23, 100, 103, 295

  and Six Day War, 209, 332–34

  special forces, see Sayeret Matkal; Unit 101

  Special Night Squads, 77–79

  “Springboard,” 286

  Squadron 101, IAF, 16, 109

  Squadron 117, IAF, 16

  Squadron 119, IAF, 13, 15, 20, 34, 113, 133–71, 353

  Stalin tanks, 22, 177, 188, 203, 207

  Standby Shack, 134

  Stempel, Moshe, 247, 304, 309, 319–24, 322, 325, 388–90

  Stirling, David, 77

  strafing runs, 16, 25, 147–48, 158, 161–62, 166–67, 169

  Sudan, 128, 333

  Suez Canal, 29, 80, 93, 100, 127, 130, 135, 153, 242, 248, 345

  nationalization of, 24, 82–83, 92

  Six Day War advance to, 228, 240, 241, 263, 292, 331–32, 338, 345, 346, 353, 363, 368

  Suez Canal Company, 82

  Suleiman the Magnificent, 252

  Super Frelon helicopters, 348, 354

  Super Mystères, 16, 108, 109, 145, 350, 352

  Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), 40

  Syria, 2, 3, 5, 8, 15, 30, 39, 40, 46, 55, 73, 88, 141, 231, 265, 293, 358

  in alliance with Egypt, 9, 24, 128, 333, 364

  in Golan Heights, 350–51, 354–58

  Israel’s border with, 358

  in Six Day War, 153, 163–64, 166, 167, 207, 209, 350

  as target of total war, 104

  in Yom Kippur War, 118, 221

  Syrian Air Force, 6

  Tabor, Mount, 348

  tachboulah (ruse) strategy, 230�
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  Tal, Israel “Talik,” 10, 20, 63, 120, 121, 149, 150, 179–81, 180, 203, 206, 210, 212, 264, 331, 338, 340, 365, 378

  Talmi, Emma, 231

  Talmi, Yigal, 231

  Talmud, 129

  tanks:

  air attack strategy for, 86–87, 314

  attacks on, 184, 221–23, 314–15, 340–45

  Egyptian, 6, 17, 18, 22, 93, 103, 111, 115, 127, 177, 188, 200, 204, 205, 215, 215, 220, 331, 337–45

  gunners, 116

  IDF, 89–90, 148–49, 151, 153, 175, 176, 177, 184, 185–86, 190–91, 212, 229, 234, 256, 258, 268, 275, 298, 300–301, 306, 311, 317, 340–41, 349

  Jordanian, 256, 312

  recon for, 18, 19, 178, 181, 182, 192, 194, 200, 214–16, 232, 237, 240, 338

  training for, 117

  turrets of, 315

  see also armored divisions; specific types of tanks

  Tapline oil pipeline, T-4 target on, 163–65, 169

  Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), 7

  tefillin, 326–27

  Tekufat HaTzena (austerity period), 7–8

  tel, 53

  Tel Aviv, 7, 8, 9, 13, 19, 29, 32, 40, 41, 42, 46–48, 49, 55, 97, 118, 137, 143, 205, 245, 253, 256, 257, 327, 333, 346, 347, 366, 376, 383

  evacuations from, 24, 26

  preparation for war in, 24–26

  women’s demonstration in, 80

  Tel Azzaziat, 349

  Tel Chai, 51, 119–20

  television:

  Arab propaganda on, 4–5

  Hussein’s news conference on, 162–63

  Tel Fakhr, 349

  Tell, Abdullah al-, 28, 253

  Tel Nof Air Base, 3, 7, 13, 34, 112, 133–36, 139, 150–51, 155, 158, 163, 248–49, 256, 262, 352, 392

  Tel Shimron, 53–55, 77, 78

  Temple Mount, 246, 253, 296, 310, 318, 319, 320, 328, 388

  Temple Scroll, xv

  terebinth trees, 60

  “Terrible Tiger” (hanamer hanora’l), 81

  terrorists, Arab, 40, 383, 390, 394

  border incursions by, 64, 68–69

  terrorists, Jewish, 126

  test pilots, 109–11, 139, 165

  Tevet, Dov “Dubi,” 181, 215, 236–37, 239–40, 340–43, 369–70

  Thant, U, 24

  “Thirty Five, the,” 354

  “Three No’s,” 393–94

  Tiran, Straits of, 8, 15, 17, 100, 312, 347

  Tomb of the Patriarchs, 264, 295, 381

  Tommy guns, 70

  Torah, 271, 326, 367

  total war, Israeli strategy for, see Moked, Operation

  Transjordan, 40, 292

  trapeze beacons, 226, 233

  trenches, 25–26, 25, 56, 215, 217

  Trumpeldor, Joseph (Yosef), 50–52, 51, 119, 121, 391

  Tsiddon, Yoash “Chatto,” 113

  Tunisia, 24, 62, 128

 

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